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Tank Todd

Special Operations CQB Master Chief Instructor. Over 30 years experience. The only instructor qualified descendent of Baldock, Nelson, and Applegate. Former instructors include Harry Baldock (unarmed combat instructor NZ Army WWII), Colonel Rex Applegate OSS WWII and Charles Nelson, US Marine Corps. Tank has passed his Special Forces combative instructor qualification course in Southeast Asia and is certified to instruct the Applegate, Baldock and Nelson systems. His school has been operating for over eighty years and he is currently an Army Special Operations Group CQB Master Chief Instructor. His lineage and qualifications from the evolutionary pioneers are equalled by no other military close combat instructor. His operation includes his New Zealand headquarters, and 30 depots worldwide as well as contracts to train the military elite, security forces, and close protection specialists. Annually he trains thousands of exponents and serious operators that travel down-under to learn from the direct descendant of the experts and pioneers of military close combat. Following in the footsteps of his former seniors, he has developed weapons, and training equipment exclusive to close combat and tactical applications. He has published military manuals and several civilian manuals and produced DVDs on urban self protection, tactical control and restraint, and close combat. He has racked up an impressive 100,000+ hours in close combat.

The clenched fist palm heel strike and clenched fist hand edge strike.

Military CQC provides primary execution options in unarmed offensive assault skills combinations as well as secondary alternative or emergency options for specific situational employments. The primary variation of the palm heel strike and chin jab palm heel strike is executed with a flat hand configurations to protect delicate small fingers joints over having the fingers […]

Todd Group Thailand CQC course, December 2014

Todd Group Thailand CQC course, December 2014

The final exported course to our hub international country Thailand was again an excellent training experience.

Providing the unique opportunity to combine civilians and military personnel on the same course of instruction providing benefits to both groups.

Great equalisers

The reality to defeat a formidable foe bent on doing you serious harm when you do not possess similar or greater physical capabilities or are not as highly trained This is where dirty tricks brigade practices for self defence are a great equaliser and deadly military combative skills for kill or get killed military battlefield […]

The human factors that differentiate between those that are mentally and physically proven and those that are not

The following blog is in regards to Military CQC and Military Self-Defence instructors and instruction to the civilian sector. It never ceases to amaze me how so many people will settle for soft options, even if it compromises theirs and others safety. So many individuals that pass themselves off as authorities and instructors of substance […]

Combative Smarts and Etiquette

It never ceases to amaze me those that consider themselves authorities on military close combat that have never volunteered trained tested and qualified on a military combative course of instruction, hardly committed and no conviction to achievement advancement and expertise. Even more amazing is that many of these dubious intentioned individuals are self promoted instructors of military CQC […]

Military CQB/CQC and Military Self Defence living packages

One of the most important aspects and advantages in relation to military close quarters combat, close quarters battle and military self defence is the fact that  it is when required it is evaluated and kept current. When I developed  the Todd systems based on my training and qualifying  from the late Harry Baldock, the late Col […]

Australian Annual CQB/CQC Course 2014

This will be the last annual course to be conducted in Australia for the foreseen future. From 2015 Australian and New Zealand instructors and exponents will combine for an Australasian course of instruction conducted at Camp Todd with training also being conducted at the Todd Group HQ. The numbers of New Zealand and Australian Todd […]

Todd Group Short Courses, Queenstown, July 2014

The Todd Group is the oldest global training provider of its kind being established in 1927 with a headquarters in Dunedin and training camp at Berwick. The Todd Group also comprises of national and international Todd Group depots and our international hub country is Thailand where we conduct combative, self-protection and close personal protection courses. […]